Tahuna Beach Holiday Park 
Nelson, New Zealand

Introduction

Tahuna Beach Holiday Park is one of New Zealand’s largest and most delightfully scenic holiday parks. Situated next to the picturesque tourist spot Tahuna Beach and located a short distance from the centre of Nelson, the Park and its charming 54 acres of park grounds is an ideal holiday location attracting many local and international visitors.

Tahuna’s Park Management were first introduced to Quantum’s heat pump products through their neighbouring motel business.  Their neighbours, the Arrow Motel had won the prestigious EECA Energy Efficiency Award in 2002 and contributes much of this success to having Quantum Split Systems installed.


Opportunity for Sustainability

During their busy Christmas and New Year peak the Park had a hot water demand of up to 5,000 litres per day.  At the time they predominantly used coal burners for their hot water supply and becoming more conscious of the global warming epidemic were determined to become a more sustainable and eco-friendly Holiday Park.

The Problem

Tahuna’s Park Management identified several key issues that needed to be addressed when choosing whether or not to upgrade their hot water services.

1.    Although coal was cheap to purchase, it came with highly labour intensive maintenance.  The coal burners were very old in constant need of repair.

2.    The coal burners that were out of work due to repairs often caused higher rates of guest complaints.

3.    If a new hot water solution was installed then it would need to cater for the different sized accommodation quarters and sufficiently meet varying hot water demands.

The Solution

Quantum was pleased to offer Tahuna Beach Holiday Park a tailored solution to meet their hot water demands whilst directly addressing the problems that they were experiencing with their previous hot water services.  The decision was made to install five manifolded Quantum Compact 340L Titans and connect these to an existing 500L storage tank.

Using proprietary technology the Quantum Titan offered Tahuna Beach Holiday Park a super efficient method of hot water production which adequately serviced the 28 individual unit complexes at the park.

For over 30 years Quantum has continued to develop their heat pump technology. This technology, now used by Tahuna’s allows for low cost, low environmental footprint production of the park’s hot water requirements.  By installing the Quantum Eco Hot Water heat pumps, the park will drastically reduce their CO2 emissions by Mega Tonnes per year, ensuring a sustainable and eco-friendly outlook to match the pristine surroundings at Tahuna Beach. As a bonus, the Park’s management were pleasantly surprised with the minimal amount of electricity required to operate the heat pumps, assisting to keep running costs to a minimum.

 

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